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If we're ragging on ancient Windows history, could Microsoft please make Notepad kinda usable? Here's two simple changes that would hugely reduce the incidence
by douche 11y ago
If we're ragging on ancient Windows history, could Microsoft please make Notepad kinda usable? Here's two simple changes that would hugely reduce the incidence of me roaring at my machine when I remote into a server that doesn't have Notepad++ yet:
1.) Don't set the filter on the file open dialog as .txt, by default, just make it all files.
2.) Handle newlines properly, even if they are evil Mac or Linux style ones.
For the love of Cthulhu, don't rewrite it as a Modern app, just fix a few of the things that have been irritating for twenty years.
- sneak 11y agohere's a nickel, kid.
- frik 11y agoBut don't slap a ribbon bar or modern UI on it - like what happened to Wordpad and Paint (Win7+).
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoThe ribbon bar was an improvement for Windows Explorer, Paint and WordPad. But Notepad has so few features that there'd probably be no benefit.
- ygra 11y agoThe ribbon was specifically designed for programs that have so many functions and features that the traditional menu+toolbar would be nigh-unusable (as evident in older Office versions where users often didn't even know that certain features existed). So I guess indeed, Notepad with probably ten different functions that could be exposed, can live just fine with a menu bar.
- keeperofdakeys 11y agoNot to mention that it takes ages to open a file that's even a few megabytes in size (as a programmer I wouldn't dare ask what's going on inside, for fear of nightmares). The irony is that wordpad both handles newlines properly, and can open large files. So it trumps notepad on almost everything. Of course, by the time you've gotten to that point, you've probably installed a better editor.
- lewisl9029 11y ago> For the love of Cthulhu, don't rewrite it as a Modern app I'm honestly curious about this remark. If Modern apps today were as limited as they were in Windows 8 then I'd wholeheartedly agree with you. But I actually find Modern apps in Windows 10 to be quite usable now that they can be freely resized and managed like any regular application. I personally use several modern apps on a day to day basis, namely Mail, Calendar, Finance, Reader, Calculator, and the Office apps (in place of the full suite that I no longer have installed, saving several Gigabytes on my SSD), and I really struggle to think of any glaring issues that would make someone so vehemently condemn this entire class of apps.
- MarkSweep 11y agoI personally find them to be slow to start. For example, the calculator app has a loading screen. A loading screen for a calculator! It's usually about second or half a second, but sometimes it is more. The Photos app has a similar slowness when opening that is annoying when browsing folders of photos.
- kyriakos 11y agoI used to have the same issue with Windows 8.1 but since Windows 10 they load almost instantly.
- raisedbyninjas 11y agoThe calculator also forces you to manually set focus on the "screen" label area before you can key anything. I guess some people may want to type numbers into the calculator app for some other purpose?
- kyriakos 11y agoBiggest issue I have with them is that they don't support Drag and Drop. For example with Groove Music and Movie player, I can't drag and drop a folder with music or videos to them to add to a playlist. To me this is a step backwards. Other than that I do believe they improved a lot since windows 8 and they are much more functional.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago> 2.) Handle newlines properly, even if they are evil Mac or Linux style ones. ReactOS's version of notepad handles this properly. Grab the ReactOS livecd (63.9MB zipped) and copy notepad.exe off it. :)
- drunken-serval 11y agoIf you're going to go through all that trouble, you might as well just install a different editor.